Saturday, May 31, 2008
Guardian Oak
Posted by Rob at 1:04 AM 3 comments
Friday, May 30, 2008
High Blue
Posted by Rob at 1:37 AM 8 comments
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Ledgerock
From the rocky shore of Lake Vermilion.
Yes, this is another HDR photo. I need the practice at this type of photography. I will spare you the intricate details or tutorials. Other fellow photographers and bloggers have excellent tutorials you can search out. HDR can be taken to two extremes; over saturated and tonemapped for a surreal cartoonish look, or processed in a realistic manner.
There is a place for HDR photography when there is a high range between the dark and bright areas in the subject you wish to shoot. Such as this photo. No, its not a great composition or photo, but a good example of bright and dark. The camera senses the brights skyline, but the rocky foreground will become a black blob shadow.
I wanted to show the rocky shoreline with the cracks and crevices in the rock against the bright pre-sunset lakeside sky. I took 3 photos, information shown below, and merged them into one image. That's where the tonemapping fun begins with Photomatix to bring out the details. But there is a fine line to watch for, otherwise you will cross over into the cartoonish look seen in this Arbys photo post.
I do find it fun to create a cartoonish image, I prefer the realistic look that shows more detail that would be lost to the shadows.
Three photos taken at:
Tv( Shutter Speed ): 1/13 - Autoexposure Bracketing 0
Tv( Shutter Speed ): 1/50 - Autoexposure Bracketing -2
Tv( Shutter Speed ): 0.3 - Autoexposure Bracketing +2
Av( Aperture Value ): f11.0
ISO Speed: 100 Focal Length: 17.0 mm
White Balance Mode: Daylight
HDR merged into one image via Photomatix
Posted by Rob at 1:21 AM 6 comments
Labels: HDR, sunrise sunset
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
Memorial Day
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/60
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial - Collerville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.
The cemetery is located on a cliff overlooking Omaha Beach (one of the landing beaches of the Normandy Invasion) and the English Channel. It covers 70 ha (172 acres), and contains the remains of 9,387 American military dead, most of whom were killed during the invasion of Normandy and ensuing military operations in World War II. The graves face westward, towards the United States.
For more information, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_American_Cemetery_and_Memorial
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/60
Av( Aperture Value ) 11.0
ISO Speed 100
Focal Length 66.0 mm
White Balance Mode Auto
Posted by Rob at 1:01 AM 9 comments
Sunday, May 25, 2008
2 Things Challenge - In the Sky / On the Ground
Posted by Rob at 1:00 AM 6 comments
Labels: 2 Things Weekly Challenge
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Circular Rust
Posted by Rob at 1:05 AM 2 comments
Thursday, May 22, 2008
One Year this Weekend
This weekend, May 25th , Dusty Lens will have been online for one full year. A milestone for me as I never thought I would make it a full year. Early on, I all but gave up on this daily photo idea. But MK saved this blog and demanded I get back to this photo work. A big thank you to MK, aka Kakeroo. Grazie, Merci!
And thank you, the viewers of the North Metro blogspot, for your interest and viewing this humble photoblog.
I started out as simply a photo blog, a way to improve my photography skills and techniques. Then I met the wonderful world of City Daily Photo. After much time living in the north metro, I am finding that there is more to photograph than in my hometown. I will continue to upload photos from the north metro as I also add photos from other areas of my travels.
Which brings me to you, the viewers of this photo blog. I'd like to make this a more interactive site. What is it you would like to see here? Please post suggestions of what you would like to see on these pages. I will try to accomplish your task.
Posted by Rob at 3:39 PM 11 comments
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
The Wood Pile
Posted by Rob at 1:14 AM 10 comments
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Dining at Grandma's
Posted by Rob at 1:00 AM 8 comments
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Cathedral Notre Dame de Paris
Notre Dame at night. Construction started in 1163, finished in 1233 on the site of a Roman Temple.
Main alter of Notre Dame.
Posted by Rob at 1:12 AM 10 comments
Labels: 2 for Tuesday, Church, Night Pics, Paris France
Monday, May 12, 2008
Minnesota, 150 Years of Statehood
State bird: Common Loon
State butterfly: Monarch
State drink: Milk
State fish: Walleye
State flower: Pink and white lady slipper
State fruit: Honeycrisp apple
State gemstone: Lake Superior agate
State grain: Wild rice
State motto: L'Étoile du Nord ("The Star of the North")
State muffin: Blueberry
State mushroom: Morel
State photograph: Grace
State song: "Hail! Minnesota"
State tree: Red Pine also known as Norway Pine
Nicknames:
"Land of 10,000 Lakes"
"North Star State"
"Gopher State"
"Land of Sky-Blue Waters"
"Bread and Butter State"
"State of Hockey"
Posted by Rob at 1:30 AM 7 comments
Labels: Daily Photo
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Across the Pond
Posted by Rob at 1:00 AM 12 comments
Labels: 2 for Tuesday, HDR, Paris France
Monday, May 5, 2008
Sunday, May 4, 2008
We Have Returned
New for the format; we will depart from the North Metro on Tuesdays and change up the submittals of our 2 for Tuesday theme to bring you this post on location project.
Stay tuned for Tuesday.
Posted by Rob at 6:00 AM 4 comments